J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2018

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2018 was Jô with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Yosuke Kashiwagi. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2018

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2018, including the 29 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Jô Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	31	46.2%	24
2.	Patric Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil	31	42.6%	20
3.	Hwang Ui-Jo Gamba Osaka	South Korea	26	36.6%	15
	Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	32	29.4%	15
5.	Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	31	24.6%	14
6.	Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	Brazil	28	33.3%	13
	Hugo Vieira Yokohama F. Marinos	Portugal	30	23.2%	13
	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	22	23.2%	13
9.	Ken Tokura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	32	22.9%	11
	Kengo Kawamata Júbilo Iwata	Japan	29	31.4%	11
	Musashi Suzuki V-Varen Nagasaki	Japan	24	28.2%	11
	Takuma Nishimura Vegalta Sendai	Japan	22	25.0%	11
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	22	22.0%	11
14.	Douglas Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	30	17.9%	10
	Shota Kaneko Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	23	17.9%	10
16.	Ataru Esaka Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	26	19.1%	9
	Jay Bothroyd Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	England	36	18.8%	9
	Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers/Sagan Tosu	Japan	29	-	9
	Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	16.1%	9
	Yusuke Segawa Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	19.1%	9
21.	Chanathip Songkrasin Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Thailand	25	16.7%	8
	Cristiano Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	31	17.0%	8
	Sho Ito Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	30	14.3%	8
24.	Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe/Gamba Osaka	Japan	32	-	7
	Keita Nakamura V-Varen Nagasaki	Japan	25	17.9%	7
	Naoki Ishihara Vegalta Sendai	Japan	34	15.9%	7
	Naoki Maeda Nagoya Grampus	Japan	24	13.5%	7
	Shunsuke Kikuchi Shonan Bellmare	Japan	27	18.4%	7
	Yuki Muto Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	30	13.7%	7

The age of the players is when the season ended at 1 December 2018

Most assists in the J1 League 2018

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2018 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Yosuke Kashiwagi Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	30	12
2.	Junya Ito Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	25	11
3.	Kosei Shibasaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	34	9
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	22	9
5.	Hideki Ishige Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	24	8
	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	22	8
	Gabriel Xavier Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	25	8
	Yuki Muto Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	30	8
9.	Yasuhito Endo Gamba Osaka	Japan	38	7
	Shota Kaneko Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	23	7
	Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	32	7
	Cristiano Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	31	7
	Ryosuke Yamanaka Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	25	7

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2018

In total there were 7 scored hat-tricks during the season 2018 in J1 League, Japan. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Musashi Suzuki V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagoya Grampus - V-Varen Nagasaki 3-4 Sat 15 september 2018	3 8', 53', 56'
Jô Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Urawa Red Diamonds 4-1 Sun 26 august 2018	3 44', 70', 79'
Fabricio Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa Red Diamonds - Júbilo Iwata 4-0 Wed 15 august 2018	3 55', 61', 90'
Jô Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Gamba Osaka 3-2 Sun 5 august 2018	3 61', 79', 84'
Sho Ito Yokohama F. Marinos	Vegalta Sendai - Yokohama F. Marinos 2-8 Wed 18 july 2018	3 11', 33', 59'
Hugo Vieira Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Shonan Bellmare 4-4 Sat 21 april 2018	3 27', 44', 44'
Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	V-Varen Nagasaki - FC Tokyo 2-5 Sun 8 april 2018	3 4', 50', 56'

The season start for J1 League 2018 was 23 February 2018, the finishing round was being played 1 December 2018. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.